Donald Trump has refused to say if he will accept the result of the US presidential election if he loses, as he clashed with Hillary Clinton in their final head-to-head debate.
The candidates squared off at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas for the last time before Americans go to the polls on November 8.
Republican Mr Trump was questioned about claims he made ahead of the third debate that the election will be rigged in favour of his Democratic rival.
Asked by moderator Chris Wallace if he would accept the election result, Mr Trump replied: “I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense.”
Mrs Clinton described Mr Trump’s remarks as “horrifying”, while the Republican National Committee said the national party would “respect the will of the people”.
“Every time Donald thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is is rigged against him,” Mrs Clinton said.
“There was even at time when he didn’t get an Emmy for his TV programme three years in a row and he started tweeting the Emmys were rigged against him.”
In another tense exchange, Mrs Clinton branded Mr Trump a “puppet” of Russian president Vladimir Putin and challenged him to condemn Russia’s suspected involvement in the hacking of emails during the election campaign.
“I don’t know Putin,” Mr Trump said. “He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good.
“He has no respect for her. He has no respect for our president.
“We’re in very serious trouble. We have a country with tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads … 1,800 nuclear warheads and she’s playing chicken.”
Mr Clinton responded: “That’s because he’d rather have a puppet as president of the United States”.
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